After initially saying he could leave the club, Alves told Marca: 'I want to see out the contract that I signed. I'm very happy at Barça. We've had some wonderful years - the last few not so much - but it's time for us to enjoy the good times again at this club.'

Barcelona travel to France later this week for their friendly against Nice and will also face Napoli, HJK and Leon before kicking off the season against Elche on August 15.

The Catalan club are currently on a six-day training camp in England. Luis Enrique's side arrived at St George's on Friday without many of the star players, including Alves, but new captain Andres Iniesta, record appearance holder Xavi ad new singing Ivan Rakitic were all present.

Beach bum: The defender's future is still undecided but he has said he would like to stay if possible

Competition: Martin Montoya is likely to be the Brazilian's main competition for a starting place at Barcelona

Luis: Alves said that many worse things than Suarez's bite went unpunished at the World Cup